Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Changes to SAC and ICSP
On Monday, March 20 council agenda there is a staff report recommending the transition of the Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC) to an Environmental Action Team and to not pursue the refresh of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP). I agree with not pursuing the refresh of the ICSP; further below I elaborate on this. With one important caveat I like the idea of the...
Emergency Management Plan
On Monday, March 20 council agenda there is a staff report presenting the updated Emergency Management Program and Emergency Plan. Hopefully many people think about an emergency plan if there was a fire at their own house but I doubt that there are many who think about how they would manage if there was an emergency in their community. As very evident in the plan presented here, municipal...
Council Time and Format Changes
On Monday, March 20 council agenda there is a very important report proposing significant modifications to how council meetings will be managed. Many are procedural details but there are two which are significant which will have a clear impact on the public in terms of participating in council meetings. First, effective April 3, council meetings will be hybrid i.e. public or council can...
Volunteer Appreciation Awards
For most, if not all, the quality of their life or of their family's life is enhanced by volunteers. Here is your opportunity to nominate someone who merits special recognition. Final day for nominations for a Volunteer Appreciation award is March 13. See here for the different categories of awards and for the nomination form.
Hi Bruce, I anticipate that my query about why three years will lead to understanding about factors other than the…
Debbie, this is a good question. Three years does seem like a very long time to complete a review. I'm…
The super powers granted to Mayors serve to disallow the Mayor to hide behind the excuse that Council won't approve…
Amen to you Debbie. I couldn't agree more.
It was different. I think one’s evaluation of it being better or not is highly influenced with one’s previous experience.…